By Ben du Preez from Detention Action. Last Saturday I attended Right to Remain's annual conference in Bethnal Green, London. Bringing together local advocacy groups, grassroots activists and self-advocates from across the UK it was a wonderful opportunity [...]
Many years ago I used to visit a man in Harmondsworth. He was from North Africa. He made it to the airport in the UK, on his way to another country to seek safety. Because he was using [...]
By Jessica Kennedy and Penny Keza. Jessica is Development Co-ordinator at The Forum, which supports refugee and migrant communities and individuals in the UK. Penny is a former detainee. Published at OpenDemocracy, as part of a series of [...]
Eiri Ohtani and Jennifer Allsopp. Published at OpenDemocracy, the first in a series of articles on Unlocking Detention. Detention is often seen as a difficult issue and one best avoided, even among those who make it their business to [...]
One of the most exciting aspects of the Detention Forum is an opportunity to work with many groups and organisations who are not traditional "detention" organisations. We believe that a wide variety of organisations that come together at [...]